Siesta Seen
SIESTA SEEN
May 12 was an exciting day on Siesta Public
Beach, Allan Worms, a wildlife biologist,
told me late that afternoon. One new Snowy
Plover nest was discovered the previous
night, while a second one was reported that
morning, he said.
Worms and another Sarasota Audubon volun-
teer, Dick Miles, were out on the beach about
6:15 a.m. Monday — "as soon as it was light
enough to see" — to help set up stakes and
string around the nest to protect it and its sol-
itary egg from people.
SNOWY PLOVERS AND LEAST TERNS ARE BUSY NESTING ON THE
BEACH; NIGHTTIME WORK IS UNDER WAY ON THE STICKNEY POINT
ROAD BRIDGE; AND A SWIMMER IS RESCUED AT THE BEACH
A sign explains that buffering of an area near Access 5 on Siesta Public Beach is designed to protect
beach nesting birds. All photos by Rachel Hackney
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor
